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CLEANING APPARATUS FOR UARDING ENGINES.

No. 369,271. Patented Aug. 30, 1887.

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CLEANING APPARATUS FOR CARDING=ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,271, dated August30, 1887.

Application filed March 15, 1887. Serial No.23l,00l. (No model.)Patented in England February 7, 1880, No. 542.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE Asnwonrn and ELIJAII Asnwonrri, subjects ofthe Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at Manchester,county of Lancaster, England, engineers, have invented certainImprovements in Cleaning Apparatus for Carding-Engines, (for which wehave obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 542, dated February 7,1880,) of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the appliances used in the brushing or cleaningof the cylinders of carding-engines employed in the preparation offibrous materials. We partly inclose the revolublc brush in a casingconsisting of sides and ends and a curved hinged cover, and to the innerside of the said cover we attach combs or hachles, which receive thefibers from the brush. Access is had to clear the comb-teeth by simplyturning up or over the hinged cover. To support and adjust thebruslrcasing we attach to each end of the easing a part which preventsthe rotation of the brush-casing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-section of ourbrushing appliance and portion of a carding-cylinder. Fig. 2isa sideview, partly in section, and represents one end of the apparatus. Fig. 3is an end view of the apparatus.

In the said figures, A is a cylindrical brush. 13 is the casing of thebrush. 0 represents a portion of the doiicr, and d a portion of theframing of a carding-engine, these parts 0 and d being represented onlyin order to illustrate the application of the apparatus to thecarding-engine.

The casing B is formed with two sides, I) 1:, which are connectedtogether by end plates, 1), and fitted with a curved cover or door, I),which is hinged to one of the sides I). These parts are or may be madeof sheet metal. The end plates, 1), are slotted to pass over the axle ofthe brush, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3. At eachend of the axle of the brush is mounted a clamping-washer, e, which isconnected by means of bolts or screws f with a rest, 9. The end 21passes between the parts 0 and g, and is clamped thereto by tighteningthe bolts f. The rest 9 is formed with feet, which rest upon the framingd when the brush is in use, the axle of the brush revolving in theordinary bearings attached to the engine-framing, and which carry theaxle of the ordinary grinding-rollers or brushes when in use. One ofthese bearings is indicated. at h in Fig. 2. Vhen the brush is caused torevolve by any suitable meanssuch as a band passing overa pulley, a, onthe axis of the brnshthe rest 9, by bearing upon the framing d, preventsthe rotation of the casing". The bolts f pass through slots in the restin order that it may be adjusted to set upon the framing (I when thebrush has been adjusted to its proper position in relation to thedofter,

as is usual. To the hinged cover b are attached three ranks ofcomb-teeth, M 1 The ends of these teeth enter between the bristles orthe equivalent members of the brush, and receive therefrom fibers whichhave been brushed out of the cards. We prefer to arrange the teeth inthe rear rank, 6, closer together than the teeth in the middle rank, 2',and the teeth in the latter closer together than 7 5 the teeth in thefront rank, i.

No do not confine ourselves to the use of three combs or ranks of teeth,as only one or only two or more than three might be used. Then the coveris thrown back, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, the combsare ac cessible for the removal .of the fibers.

The form of the casing B may be varied, and we may use a combcarrierhinged so as to be capable of being turned up to withdraw 8 5 the combsfrom the brush without using the side casings, I). The formation of therests or parts 5 at the ends of the brush-casing may be varied to suitthe formation of the parts to which the brushing apparatus is to be apoplied.

In Fig. 3 the brush is represented as applied to act upon the doiierofthe engine; but it will be understood that it can be applied to act uponthe main cylinder or licker-in of the 5 engine.

\Ve claim as our invention- 1. The combination of a rotarycleaninglJ-rush with an inclosing-casing therefor, having a hinged door,and teeth carried by the too door, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a rotary cleaning brush with an inclosing-casinghaving teeth, In testimony whereof we have signed our end rests, andmeans, substantially as set names to this specification in the presenceof IO forth, for adj ustably securing the said rests to two subscribingwitnesses.

the casing, as and for the purpose described. GEO. ASHWORTH. 5 3. Thecombination of a rotary cleaning- ELIJAH ASHWVORTH.

brush with a casing provided with a movable Witnesses: door carryingteeth to act upon the brush, all DAVID FULTON, substantially asdescribed. ARTHUR LEDGER.

